Linux 5.6 is already preparing all these news

Currently, the development version of the Linux kernel is v5.5. Yesterday was launched the fifth Release Candidate of a kernel that will arrive at the end of January or the beginning of February, but the team is already preparing or discussing the changes they will introduce in Linux 5.6. From the looks of it, it will be a version with major changes comparable to Linux 5.3 that was included by default in Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine.

Below you have a list of the news that could come to Linux 5.6. The list has been published in the middle Phoronix, to whom from here we thank for the work done. Among the novelties mentioned we have to wire guard it will be included in the main branch or the performance of writing to EXT4 under Direct I / O will be improved.

What's new for Linux 5.6

• WireGuard will finally be in the main line tree.
• Intel contributions of initial USB4 support in the Linux 5.6 kernel.
• F2FS data compression support using the LZO and LZ4 options.
• Connected AMD Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) support for PSP / Secure Processor on newer APUs.
• Faster EXT4 write performance on Direct I / O.
• Intel server power management improvements.
• Improvements or even replacement of the Microsoft exFAT driver.
• FSCRYPT online encryption support.
• More bit Intel Tiger Lake and Jasper Lake, especially on the graphics controller front.
• More support for Logitech devices.
• DMA-BUF HEAPS support.
• Power management enhancements for Radeon GPUs and continuous Arcturus enablement.

Linus Torvalds releases a new version of the Linux kernel every two months or so, so this kernel should be officially released on March 15th or 22nd. It won't be easy, but the deadlines don't rule out Linux 5.6 being included in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa. Considering that it will be an LTS version of the operating system and that v5.6 will be an important version of the kernel, the doubts are reasonable.